Protection against ripping?

I just registered on this site with the hope of selling some templates over my summer break. I was looking around some template demos today, and I was astounded to see there is absolutely no protection against website ripping on a lot of the HTML +CSS templates! This means that by using a simple tool, which I shall not name, random people can download whole templates without paying a cent! Even on the Wordpress themes, anybody can add some words to the giver URL , and use a directory downloader and steal the template!

Is there no protection against such things? I recommend a water-marking system, such as the one seen on TemplateMonster.

@Magix_Soni: Frankly, template monster’s obtrusive watermarking/limited preview system is exactly why they don’t sell a lot – it’s annoying and it makes me feel like I’m walking through the website blindfolded in a bubble suit. I happen to use varying levels of encryption on my products that prevents entry level click & rip programs, but anyone who’s willing to rip a site rather than drop 10 or 15 bucks isn’t my target market anyways – they’re chumps. Besides, ripping a live preview often doesn’t grab all of the files – especially when you run on a reliable webhost that blocks directory downloads…. and it certainly won’t allow the ripper to grab the PSD source files, documentation, support and other value add-ons that come with each Theme Forest download. I hope that provides a little more perspective on the matter… I’d certainly like to see a surefire, unobtrusive anti-piracy system here (and watermarking might be the way), but I’m strongly against anything that will prevent users from seeing what they are potentially buying the way that templatemonster does in many of their templates. Cheers!

Any HTML encrypters have a decrypter counterpart right there on the first of page of Google Search. Encrypting your code probably gives the pirate more of an accomplished feeling when he finally steals your work.

Any HTML encrypters have a decrypter counterpart right there on the first of page of Google Search. Encrypting your code probably gives the pirate more of an accomplished feeling when he finally steals your work.